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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Rob Noonan

By Mark | September 6, 2013

I was contacted a few days ago by a recent immigrant to Ypsilanti by the name of Rob Noonan. Rob and his wife, Rose, just moved here from Australia to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic… Here’s Rob’s official immigration interview. MARK: Why Ypsi of all places? We don’t get a lot of immigrants from […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged acupuncture, alternative health, alternative medicine, Australia, Chinese food, Chinese medicine, Colin Hay, Crocodile Dundee II, Doug Skinner, drinking songs, flip flops, immigration interview, INXS, Ireland, Irish, Jackson, knives, local business, Mad Max, making friends on the internet, Mel Gibson, Men at Work, metaphysics, Michael Hutchence, Neighbours, prawns, prison colonies, Rose Noonan, sausages, Shabooh Shoobah, Shadow Art Fair, shrimp, snags, taxes, the outback, thongs, vegemite, Victoria University, visas, Ypsi immigration interview | 11 Comments

From the erection of the Bronze Fonzie to the closing of the Pabst plant…. Your virtual tour of old Milwaukee

By Mark | August 5, 2013

The family and I spent this past weekend in Milwaukee with my old high school friend Dan, his wife Jen, and their two daughters. Here’s some of what I learned. The history of Milwaukee started when the white people showed up… OK, maybe that’s unfair. Maybe there are places around town where would could hear […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 30 Americans, Adam-12, Alexis Laframboise, August Krug, Bacon, bacon pills, bar reviews, Beautiful Losers, beer, Blatz, bricks, bronze Fonz, bronze Fonzie, Byron Kilbourn, Chicago, Chicago fire, cream brick, Dan Richardson, ducks, fish fry, FOX, Garry Marshall, George H. Walker, Gertie the Duck, green brick, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Henry Winlker, Ho-Chunk, Hosed on Brady Street, Iggy Pop statue, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jen Larson, Kehinde Wiley, Kilbourntown, Lake Michigan, Lakefront Brewing, Laverne and Shirley, leather jacket, leather jackets, Linette Lao, mallard, Mascouten, Menominee, Michilimackinac, Micky Dolenz, Miller, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Bridge War, Milwaukee River, Monica's on Astor, native american, Nomad, Nomad World Pub, Ojibwe, old bricks, Pabst, Potawatomi, prix fixe, Rodney McMillian, Sauk, Schlitz, sitcom stars, sitcoms, Solomon Juneau, travel, travel tips, Walker's Point, wheat, Wisconsin | 14 Comments

Consulting Nick Cave on this year’s Krampus costume

By Mark | November 9, 2011

Last year, as we approached the big Krampus party, I posted the following on this site: Tonight, during my breaks in reading up on how to properly brine a turkey, I’m looking around the internet for inspiration to guide me as I set out to make my costume for the big Krampus event on December […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged a different Nick Cave, Alice Cooper, Art in Motion, Bauhaus, brining, costume ideas, costumes, David Bowie, Detroit Party Marching Band, fiber textiles, fur, glam, goring, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Maynard gravy, Meat Loaf, Moonage Daydream, OCD, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, performance art, placenta mask, Search and Destroy, sound suits, sweating, Teenage Frankenstein, The Mummies, The Stooges, Turkey, University of Michigan, Velvet Goldmine, Woodruff's, Ziggy Stardust | 4 Comments

What to wear to the Krampus Ball

By Mark | November 21, 2010

Tonight, during my breaks in reading up on how to properly brine a turkey, I’m looking around the internet for inspiration to guide me as I set out to make my costume for the big Krampus event on December 11. All I know at this point is that I want something that won’t disintegrate when […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged a different Nick Cave, Alice Cooper, Art in Motion, Bauhaus, brining, costume ideas, costumes, David Bowie, Detroit Party Marching Band, fiber textiles, fur, glam, goring, Krampus, Krampus Ball, Maynard gravy, Meat Loaf, Moonage Daydream, OCD, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, performance art, Search and Destroy, sound suits, sweating, Teenage Frankenstein, The Mummies, The Stooges, Turkey, Velvet Goldmine, Ziggy Stardust | 24 Comments

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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Rob Noonan

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